Umbilical perforation: a rare complication of entriculoperitoneal shunt.
A female baby of one-and-a-half-year old presented with extrusion of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt through umbilicus. On exploration, the urachal remnant was found perforated by VP shunt and the tube exteriorized through umbilicus. Child was managed successfully with excision of urachal remnant, removal of VP shunt, antibiotic treatment and re-insertion of shunt.
Kella
Nandlal
N
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Hyderabad. nckella@yahoo.com
Rathi
Prem Kumar
PK
Qureshi
Mohammad Ali
MA
D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014472:Umbilicus; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*